Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Charles King
Charles King

121 Followers

Home

About

Published in ZORA

·Jul 23, 2019

When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Zombies in Haiti

Zora Neale Hurston’s 1930s study of Haitian voodoo culture showed her a new category between life and death — When Zora Neale Hurston stepped ashore in Port-au-Prince, in September 1936, Haiti was in the middle of what local officials were calling its second independence. Since an armed revolution in 1791, which eventually threw off French rule, periods of relative stability had alternated with coups, assassinations, a peasant revolt, and…

Haiti

12 min read

When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Zombies in Haiti
When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Zombies in Haiti
Haiti

12 min read

Charles King

Charles King

121 Followers

Charles King is the author of seven books, including GODS OF THE UPPER AIR. He is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University.

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech